Garment protector and seat pad



Feb M; wm I www5 E. P. LOVE GARMENT PROTECTOR AND SEAT PAD Filed Nov. 2.1.925

Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR P. LOVE, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GARMENT PROTECTOR AND SEAT FAD.

My invention relates to improvements in garment protector and seat pads,and has for its primary object a device which can be used either as agarment protector orfa seat pad.

A further object is to construct a device which consists of asinglelstrip of material having spaced apart pockets formed on one face,one edge of the pockets being normally l0 open so that a-pad can beinserted therein.

A still further object is to construct a garment protector and seat padin which the padding is removable and interchangeable so that it ispossible to pad the seat member only, the back member only, or bothmembers.l My device can be used either for automobiles to protectgarments without the 'pad or it can be used with the pad for use on lawnfurniture, park benches, etc. with or without the pad as desired, thusper- /mitting the user to have either asoft or hard seat according tohis individual tastes.

It canalso be used as a pad in automobilesin order to either raise theseat or to fill out the back and make the seat of the vehicle shorter,thus eliminating the necessity of buying a separate back cushion wherethe individual desires to sit farther toward the front of the seat andstill have' a complete back rest.

One of the essential features of my device is that a continuous strip offlexible material is used so that there will be abso lutely no hingeconnections between the seat ,5 and back members necessary.

In the drawings: J

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my device as laid out flat;

Fig. 2 is a side view of 'the same;

0 Fig. 3 is a viewv showing the back member at an' angle to the seatmember;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmental section. of one of the members taken onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

5 Fig. 5 is a similar view with a pad inserted;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1;`and Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmental sec- 0 tional view showing themanner of folding over the edges of the backing so as to secure a neatappearance.

In the construction of my device, I employ a backing 8,. which is of anyflexible 5 material, such as pantesote or similar flexible water-proofmaterial although, if desired, other fabrics, such as canvas or thelike, can be utilized therefor. Located on one face of the strip 8 andadjacent each end is a sheet 9 which is preferably of straw matting.These sheets are of slightly less wldth than the strip 8 and of lessthan onchalf the length of the sheet. After these sheets have beenplaced in position, the edges of the strip 8 are folded over the topface of each sheet along three edges so as to form a binding 10therefor. The edges 11 of the sheet 8 are bent under the binding asindicated in Fig. 7 so that a smooth edge will be presented andallraveling of the material is prevented. It will be noted from Fig. lthat the binding 10 surrounds three sides of the sheets 9, the remainingside of eachsheet is provided with a separate binding 1Q. This binding,however, is attached only to the sheets 9 so that when the device islcomplete, a pair of pockets will be formed on one face of the strip/ `8,which pockets extend toward ea-ch other and have their adjacent edges 13spaced apart and normally open. In other words, the strip 8 is providedon one face with spaced apart complementary pockets. In this way a strip14 is left between the pockets which is exible, and a continuation ofthe back, and which is re-inforced along its edges so that the sheet canbe readily bent or folded upon itself as desired.

My Adevice also has the edges 13 of the pockets equipped with snapfasteners 15, which are designed to engage knobs or buttons 16 carriedby the strip 8 so that the pockets can be closed and prevent the pad 17from slipping out. This pad may be either a sheet of felt or it may beconstructed of a stuffed casing. This feature, however, is optional, theidea being to make a pad for each or either of the pockets which isreadily removable so that the device can' be used with or without thesame. The folded over edge 10 is secured in position by means ofstitching which'passcs through it,through the sheets 9 and the strip`8.My device can be used on either side, that is the sheets 9 can be placednext to the seat and back and the user sit on the sheet 8 or the sheet 8placed against the seat and `back and the straw matting or sheet 9 usedfor the seat and back."

The pad 17 can be used in either the seat section or back section, or inboth, or omitted entirely as desired. The sheet 8 is preferably ofwater-proof material so that the same can be used in amusement parks, oron lawn furniture especially after a rain without any danger of a persongetting damp clothes.

As will be seen from Fig. 3 my device when in use comprises both a seatsection and a back section but, if it is desired, the device may befolded in such a manner as to cover either only the seat or only theback. This renders it especially useful for automobiles as both pocketscan have a pad inserted and then folded upon itself, and then be used asa back pad so as to shift the party using the seat forward.

The glove or snap fastener may be eliminated from my device if founddesirable, or for reducing the cost of manufacture without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, the essential feature being a backingstrip, which is continuous and which has complementary pockets at eachend, the opposing edges of the pockets being spaced apart so as to allowiexibility Without the necessity of forming any hinge connections, thepockets being so constructed that the pad can be readily inserted orremoved, as the user of the protector may desire.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is A garment protectorand seat pad comprising a flexible backing, a sheet of material ofless'width and of less than one-half the length of the backing locatedon one face of said backing and adjacent each end thereof, the edges ofthe backing being folded over three edges of the sheet, stitching passing through the backing, sheets and folded edges for securing the sametogether whereby spaced apart pockets are formed, which are open alongtheir inner edges, a binding for said inner edge, and means carried bysaid inner edge and the backing whereby said pockets may be closed. l

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

EDGAR P. LOVE.

